Kentucky · Kentucky Revised Statutes — Penal Code (Ch. 500–534)

KRS (Penal Code) § 520.100: Fleeing or evading police in the second degree

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits second-degree fleeing or evading police by intentionally disobeying a peace officer's order to stop as a pedestrian (if it causes injury) or while driving a motor vehicle. This is a Class D felony.

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